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08/20/2005 09:48:06 PM · #1 |
For the first few challenges I thanked everyone that left a comment on an entry. I have recently stopped doing that. My question is:
What is the general concensus around here? If you make a comment on a challenge entry would you like a cut and paste "thank you" pm or is just marking the comment helpful thanks enough?
For me just mark the comment helpful.
Just wondering everyone elses opinion. |
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08/20/2005 09:52:04 PM · #2 |
| I'm fine with just having the comment marked "helpful", if indeed it was. If I've said or done something out of the ordinary to help or make the photographer extra grateful, I don't mind a pm - but it's never expected. |
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08/20/2005 09:56:56 PM · #3 |
| Definitely not necessary, imo. Marking the comment as helpful is a great way to acknowledge receipt. |
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08/20/2005 10:24:16 PM · #4 |
I consider marking the comment as helpful acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for the time & effort it took to make it. I don't expect a PM in response (although on occasion if there's something to add or comment on additionally, it's cool). I do like knowing that my comments were useful, however, so the checkbox serves a valuable purpose. :-)
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08/20/2005 10:52:01 PM · #5 |
Seems like so far most agree with me.
How about favs?
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08/21/2005 01:11:59 AM · #6 |
I usually only comment if I really like the shot and if my comment was helpful than just checking the box is good enough for me. However, if my comment was not helpful, then I don't want the photographer to mark it helpful just because he/she wants to show that it was read.
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08/21/2005 01:19:34 AM · #7 |
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08/21/2005 01:20:41 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by princess:
I usually only comment if I really like the shot and if my comment was helpful than just checking the box is good enough for me. However, if my comment was not helpful, then I don't want the photographer to mark it helpful just because he/she wants to show that it was read. |
I've begun to try to comment on those images that are most difficult for me to categorize (because I know that mine often fall within that realm). In doing so, I think I learn more about what I need to improve upon and what I truly like and don't. Therefore, I find every comment I receive helpful in some way. Granted, it's a tough pill to swallow when I get someone saying that they think my image is crap; but when I really break it down and examine what they said, 99 times out of 100 I can see their point. (Sad, but true...)
That's why I mark every comment I receive as relative, pertinent, and helpful. By knowing that I can't please every person all the time, I have a cushion of voting population that really will never agree with me - and that's okay. :-)
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08/21/2005 02:13:49 AM · #9 |
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08/21/2005 02:29:01 AM · #10 |
I don't send out thank-you pm's when I recieve a comment or am added to someone's favotites, I just think it's too tiring (i really have enough to do as it is), thus I don't expect to get one.
Instead, I usually put a comment at the end of a challenge onto my pic thanking everyone who commented. I have also put a 'thank you' on my profile page for comments, favs, views, etc.
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08/21/2005 02:42:14 AM · #11 |
| I don't mind getting comments on my pictures good or bad but I do object to them when they are rude!! If my picture appears crap to them thats okay and I don't mind them letting me know but there are ways and means yeah? I don't mark comments as helpful that to me appear to be blatently rude but any that don't like my pics but tell me why I will always mark helpful cause that help me to learn |
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08/21/2005 10:15:11 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by annah:
I don't send out thank-you pm's when I recieve a comment or am added to someone's favotites, I just think it's too tiring (i really have enough to do as it is), thus I don't expect to get one.
Instead, I usually put a comment at the end of a challenge onto my pic thanking everyone who commented. I have also put a 'thank you' on my profile page for comments, favs, views, etc. |
You don't send out a thank you when you get a fav as a photographer or a photograph. That is one thing I am sure to send out a personal thank you for. Someone likes your work enough to mark it as a fav and you don't have 2 minutes to thank them? |
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08/21/2005 11:05:17 AM · #13 |
When I check off a photograph or photographer as a favorite it is not a favor to the photographer. I don't expect to get a thank you for it. When someone who I have great respect for checks me off as a favorite, I send them a note saying how excited I am that someone I have great respect for checked me off as a favorite. They didn't do it for me. Favorites are like bookmarks. They are there to help me find a shot again later that I really liked. They help me find a photographer who's work is impressive enough that I wanna be able to find them again easily. They are to me kinda selfish... Why do you need to thank me for being selfish?
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